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September 17, 2007

SmartHippo launches open beta at TechCrunch40 conference

We’re pleased to announce the official launch of the SmartHippo beta to the general public. We’ve spent the last little while getting user feedback and are happy to show the result to the world. You can read the full press release here.

We’re also announcing today that three banks have already joined our partner program, including Quicken Loans and Bank of Internet.

What is SmartHippo? Quite simply, it’s a new, better way to comparison shop for financial services in general, and (at least at this stage) mortgages in particular. SmartHippo allows you to:

  • Compare mortgage rates with others reported by the community to see where you stand and where the best rates are
  • Post mortgage rates you’ve received and want to share with the community
  • Get mortgage rate quotes from up to four lenders or brokers and view the community’s feedback on them before they contact you
  • … and we’re only just getting started!

Check out the site and www.smarthippo.com and let us know what you think!

Posted by George Favvas
Filed under Press releases

4 Responses to “SmartHippo launches open beta at TechCrunch40 conference”:

  1. SmartHippo: join the herd to know the best rates | Montreal Tech Watch says:

    October 2nd, 2007 at 8:24 am

    [...] which was under development for 1 year, is now in open beta. It was already announced in beta status 2 weeks ago, at the TC40 conference, but at that time, it was only open to a few invited [...]

  2. blognation Canada » Blog Archive » Smart Banks Will Watch SmartHippo and Follow Them into the Water says:

    October 2nd, 2007 at 10:07 pm

    [...] dangerous to banks who don’t want customers to shop around for the best mortgage rate.  Launched into public beta at TC40, they currently only have rates and comparisons for U.S. mortgage seekers, but CEO George Favvas [...]

  3. Try SmartHippo, Social Lead Generation « Better Closer Blog says:

    October 31st, 2007 at 6:22 am

    [...] you want to learn more about them they were featured at TechCrunch40 and LeadCritic did an interesting in-depth [...]

  4. Smart Banks Will Watch SmartHippo and Follow Them into the Water | A View from the Isle says:

    December 18th, 2007 at 3:18 pm

    [...] pretty dangerous to banks who don’t want customers to shop around for the best mortgage rate.  Launched into public beta at TC40, they currently only have rates and comparisons for U.S. mortgage seekers, but CEO George Favvas [...]

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